Intel Pentium N3520 vs Intel Pentium N3540. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Pentium
• Generation
  6 6
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 Intel Pentium J2000/N3500

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.17 GHz 2.16 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.42 GHz 2.66 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.42 GHz 2.66 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
• GPU frequency
  0.31 GHz 0.31 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.85 GHz 0.90 GHz
• Execution units
  4 4
• Shader
  32 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  7 7
• DirectX Version
  11.2 11.2
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q3/2013

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium N3540 and Intel Pentium N3520. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  4 4

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium N3520 and Intel Pentium N3540 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  7.5 W 7.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium N3520 and Intel Pentium N3520, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Bay Trail Bay Trail
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1170 BGA 1170
• Release date
  Q4/2013 Q3/2014